Rambler Rating System EXPLAINED! | 2 To Ramble

[@SShamus]

My eyes must deceive me, surely that's not Richard, with hair?!?!??

[@valliyarnl]

this thumbnail is work piece of art. Displate should make it one of their posters.

[@2ToRamble]

😂

[@carrot6655]

Thumbnail is genius

[@rjmoore44]

My rating system: 1 - DNF 2 - eh 3 - eh 4 - eh 5 - will reread till the end of time

[@KALtheHighstorm117]

Perfect system! 😂

[@SamHarrison2099]

I put down The Fires of Heaven when i saw this thumbnail pop up on my phone. Truly a work of art.

[@Mermer-16]

Yay, I've been looking forward to this video! As soon as Bookborn checks over the system and gives it her stamp of approval, I'll start using it in my own book journal. Lol, kidding, kidding! I'll definitely be implementing this. (I'd been loosely using the Harry Potter OWL system, more for fun than practicality. 😁) On a related note, you mentioned Storygraph once in passing, so naturally, I have to write a brief essay about it. I recently made the switch from Goodreads to Storygraph and love it. In fact, I feel a metaphor coming on. Imagine going from a crowded shopping mall bookstore with attached cafe to a simple, quiet library where you're friends with the librarian. Not only does she keep meticulous records for you, but she also recommends books she thinks YOU will like. Never going back to GR. The only downside I've seen so far is all the auithors are on GR.

[@2ToRamble]

Great analogy and glad you like the changes!

[@kyle_j_c]

Emotional impact and prose pulled this video down to a 3.75 ⭐️ for me 😅

[@UsesElevators]

“Two book nerds who are over explaining things” lol!

[@WillMcc_WriterGoblin]

Solid channel description as well tbf 😂

[@nyxian_grid]

This is so funny after having just watched your collab vid with Bookborn 😂

[@toledodiazkatyaandrea6148]

Your Chanel and reviews have actually helped me to be more critical about what I read and now this, I’m gonna have a lot of fun using the rambling rating system!!!

[@2ToRamble]

So glad!!! Thank you!

[@adenrowe97]

i normally wait and listen to your show during work but the thumbnail was to good lol

[@titantv4567]

HOWOOOOOOOOLING DAAAARK!!!!!! I'm looking at you Austin.

[@luisfilipecaldeira]

In actual primary school education, qualitative gradings are used the same way you use them in your reviews, associating numbers to certain key words or phrases.(In Portugal at least, where im from)

[@nancyhinkul]

In Ukraine in first grade you don’t receive any marks too, only phrases like “good”, “great job” etc

[@esmayrosalyne]

I literally just watched the replay of Bookborn's episode this week so this is perfect timing lol. Thanks for sharing this totally objective and perfect and obviously not convoluted rating system with us, I would give the Rambler rating system a 10/10, that's all that matters 🔥

[@2ToRamble]

HELL YEA 🔥

[@AstroAves]

PEAK THUMBNAIL!! Love seeing your thoughts on how you rate and engage with books. Kinda weird that Austin went on a 12-minute rant on how the paper tastes is his most important category. Even weirder to know that The Red Rising Saga pairs best with Tapatío hot sauce. Love the commitment and everything y'all are doing

[@2ToRamble]

😂😂 thanks a bunch

[@jacklynkirsch7968]

I just made my own spread sheet! Love listening to your channel. I’ve added so many books to my list.

[@2ToRamble]

🙏🙏

[@SaucySkater]

Love the Rambler Rating system and can't wait for a website!!

[@2ToRamble]

Thank you!!

[@fahdahsulaiman]

Love the thumbnail y'all

[@rextitan]

Ok so this relates to the video in practically no way at all, but i was writing before i clicked on this and i still had spotify playing. The intro with you two doing the lord of the rings music happened, and then flawlessly, perfectly on cue, it was echoed by the actual 'the ring goes south' playing on my PC. I think i just experienced some sort of spiritual enlightenment.

[@2ToRamble]

This is peak. Right here. Our pod wont get better than than

[@DiggerdanReads]

I know everyone is talking about the thumbnail and I agree, it is fantastic and is my favorite thumbnail to date

[@2ToRamble]

Thanks so much 😁

[@tzarvahl842]

I love listening to you guys while at work, keep it up!

[@2ToRamble]

Thank you!

[@janefan1216]

Could we get a visual/printable for this? My reading journal uses a 5☆ system, but I've been looking for HOW to rate with more depth and clarity. Thank you for explaining the system! I'm absolutely implementing this, and it would be wonderful to be able to print it out and put it in my journal. ❤ And I really like the differently weighted method, bc I was using your prior system amd the average out higher than how I liked the book taken as a whole.

[@2ToRamble]

We will work on getting a rating journal of some sort out!!

[@janefan1216]

​@@2ToRamble Oh! That would be AMAZING!!!

[@alexiasp]

video dropout right when i step into the gym, thanks😂👍

[@SaucySkater]

43:55 Rich its like our brains were connected, was literality thinking about that right before you said it

[@heyelizabeth_]

podcast rating: - emotional impact: 5 - thought-provoking:5 - character: 5 (rich 100% carried. austin is only there for comedic relief purposes) - prose: 5 - worldbuilding: 5

[@2ToRamble]

Cmon now, characters has to be at least a 4 with me dragging it down dont give us that much credit 🤓

[@bigflee3556]

I will always miss the old scale because I believe I truly understood it. That being said after this video I understand why the change was necessary and have no qualms with the swap. Keep up the great videos I look forward to each and every one. P.S. Austin it’s time to read Mistborn

[@2ToRamble]

Thanks so much! And yes, yes it is

[@carterwogoman5421]

I think a site where people can use the rambler rating system is in order. It would be neat change of pace from good reads.

[@2ToRamble]

We’re looking into it as we speak!

[@josephrigby3112]

Only just found you guys and this system seems amazing. I often see for example a 3 star and wonder how to interpret that based on how that specific person interprets a 1 - 5 scale. Will definitely be using this going forward (adapted to take into account that im not yet well read enough to distinguish good vs bad prose. Only just got back into reading so for me prose is just, does it convey the information), anyways keep it up guys, gonna go binge your vids to find some recommendations for the tbr pile Editing to add. Since the .25 granularity perfectly matches storygraph, are you guys on there? Would be interested to follow

[@2ToRamble]

We arent on Storygraph, but we plan on making a rating website of our own! Thanks for checking this out and hope it is helpful!

[@reirei7086]

Love the thumbnail guys 😂❤ EDIT: OMGG RICHARD HAS HAIR??? idk what to feel anymore 🫠

[@2ToRamble]

Thank you - Richard is concentrating hard one follicle at a time

[@reirei7086]

@@2ToRamble just a suggestion: this rating system is dope but perhaps you could make a cheat sheet form which you can link in the description of future episodes breaking down books. You can mention at the start you have a video full breakdown of the rating system but if the viewer wants to just understand the gist of it - look at this cheat sheet? Regardless, love the nuance of the updated rating system ❤

[@2ToRamble]

@@reirei7086 A fantastic idea -- we will do that, I'll put that on low priority list for now, but will get to it! Thanks so much

[@MovedbyTruth]

I'd definitely like to see the books that were already reviewed, given ratings based on your new rating system. That way it's easier to compare those book's ratings with books rated with the new system. Like, you guys just gave The Will of the Many rave reviews, and I wanted to look back to see if you two gave The Sword of Kaigen higher or lower scores, but that one was rated using the old system.

[@2ToRamble]

Fair! We can start doing that - we do have a more recent review of Sword of Kaigen where we give it 5 stars - thats in a different format of video style since we reviewed it once. It was sort of an “update review” since we’d last read it

[@janefan1216]

Gone Girl: 1☆ for Thought Provoking. I read it on my Kindle, and found a thrifted copy just so I could throw it across the room. 😂 The only book I have ever read that I actively, viscerally, LOATHE. 😂

[@2ToRamble]

Damn we will take your word for it!

[@gentleslice6489]

HAHA this thumbnail is god tier jesus :D

[@cooper_trooper0247]

That’s such a good thumbnail 😂

[@RuggerJug]

Ye have made many nerdy videos and this is by far the nerdiest......but in the best way. I love your fixation on having a good rating system. You have gone really in deoth into your new rating system which is cool to listen to. I love you chuffed you guys are that you have found a rating system that you fully love and agree on. I personally dont spend too much time rsting a book, tv show, movie, anime. I just give a quick 10 second thought on what I'll give it on a 10 pt scale. Mine is an all encompassing vibe rating 😂.

[@2ToRamble]

Totally makes sense and we vibe with your wibe rating. Glad you enjoyed us nerding out over our love of this convoluted amazing horrible beautiful raating system

[@Mightyjordy]

Giving the Great Hunt a 4 makes more sense now!

[@2ToRamble]

😂

[@Ruthi3ry]

I really like this rating system, I rate it 4 Stars. 😂

[@beatriceonbooks]

5/5 as usual ✨️

[@safinan8008]

Great 👍 video 🎥📽️

[@2ToRamble]

Thankyou!

[@ricardogranados4381]

My book review guide is - I liked it ! 5 stars. I didn’t like it ! 3 stars. If I ever go under 3 stars I really hated the book.

[@seamoretwillnant]

"Richard has friends??" 🤣🤣

[@katherinep1010]

Just came back from the American Gods video. I think I want to start using your system. But who knows if l'll actually take the time to think it all through for each book. And ai think if I do, ny ratings are going to go down, on average.

[@2ToRamble]

Let us know if you end up using it!

[@annaroselarsen4218]

Yay

[@NoelleD.]

Love the video! But Austin your math was backwards. 1-5 middle is 2.5 because there is 5 numbers. And 5 divided by 2 is 2.5. If the scale was 0-5 then hen you add one number so with there being 6 numbers to choose from 3 is the absolute middle.

[@2ToRamble]

Ah I see how youre interpreting it but I dont believe that’s right - for example, if the scale were 4-5, the middle would be 4.5 because that is the median number of that selection. We wouldnt divide 5 bc that’s assuming the top number divided by 2 would equal the median of the selected range of the rating scale. 3 is the middle of 1-5 because look at it like this: There are 2 whole numbers higher than 3 (4 and 5) and there are 2 whole numbers lower than 3 (1 and 2) - meaning 3 is the dead center of those, at least for our scale!

[@NoelleD.]

@@2ToRamble very well! Thank you for explaining it to me this way it really helped (: I never understood it until now because I was thinking of it more mathematically 😭 or at least mathematically in a different way

[@janefan1216]

Plot: for me, how tight is the book? Golden Son for me felt like every sentence served a purpose, either moving the plot forward or developimg character. It felt like not a word was wasted. I'm reading Iron Gold and I am about to start skipping Ephraim's parts. I don't see the point of him yet, and it's grating on my nerves. Hopefully it will male sense later.

[@2ToRamble]

Jane - austin here - 10000% agree with you!!

[@janefan1216]

​@2ToRamble Do you apply your star ratings to your categories, too? I am trying to nail down my thoughts on Iron Gold, and if I do the math, then the "characters" category is coming up at a 1.75 for me! 😂 Very few characters really made an impact on me in this book. So, do I go by the word association and say "2.5 = disapointed"? Or, do I go with the math score?

[@2ToRamble]

@@janefan1216 I use the word, and for me Iron Gold was flawed so I gave many categories a 2 -- the 2.5 is a less passionate dislike because you were 'dissapointed' not 'very disappointed' (2.25) or thinking it was a genuinely 'flawed' (2) book if that helps! We just line up the more passionate dislike/like with a number to make sense of the scale!

[@Smileysmiley012]

W hair, W system, W life

[@zacharycottam9831]

isn’t the wheel of time land called “The Westlands” ?

[@2ToRamble]

Richard would know better than me, but I believe that’s a region on the world, but not the world’s name

[@nordamoddev1038]

5* = floored 2* = flawed.... This seams problematic for a podcast 🤣 (love you guys, I'm just messing with you)

[@2ToRamble]

😁😂

[@adamcosper3308]

I can forgive Richard for disliking Kingkiller, but a one star rating for The Communist Manifesto? That's a bridge too far.

[@nckhy94]

But why did you change it from 10 to 5?

[@2ToRamble]

We discuss that in the second half of the video (timestamps in description)

[@KALtheHighstorm117]

Hey thanks a bunch for this. I had kinda figured most of it out from what you told me before and just watching your reviews, but this definitely helps. Also, you made two massive mistakes today. Firstly, you gave me the idea of rating each episode of your podcast. If you won't do it, I will! I'll need to figure out how, so you'll receive a rating on your next episode from then on. Beware, I will not spare my bad ratings! If you suck, I will cyberbully you. Secondly, speaking of cyberbullying, Austin.....you mentioned Robin Hobb, the greatest author who has ever lived. The First Lady of Epic Fantasy, the Queen of Dragons, the Empress of Tears, Matriarch of the Elderlings. Esteemed Austin and Richard, if you do not read Robin Hobb's masterpieces, you are a pair of [REMOVED BY MY LAWYER]! There! How do you feel now?

[@2ToRamble]

Pandoras box 😭 And yes Ik, i have so much to read. We will cover it ALL eventually on this channel

[@KALtheHighstorm117]

@@2ToRamble LOL! Yeah, you're good. I'm just joking around. Read at your own pace. The TBR is always endless lol

[@willh9104]

Richard has hair???

[@mohitbelagal4155]

Uhhmm, Richard? Hair?

[@josephwilson-doan4163]

Damn, Richard. What did Marx do to you?!

[@2ToRamble]

Seized his means of producing (hair)

[@josephwilson-doan4163]

@@2ToRamble I can’t believe you’ve done this 🤣

[@BLOODRAVEN9494]

Holy shit, richard has hair 🤘

[@Ghostlyape123]

I love your guys and your energy but I hate your rating system lol

[@2ToRamble]

Most people hate us and the rating system so we’ll take this 🤌